CHICAGO, ST. PAUL &C. RAILWAY v. ROBERTS

No. 1417.

141 U.S. 690 (1891)

CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY v. ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.L. MacDonald, Mr. W.A. Day and Mr. W.P. Montague for the motions.

Mr. Enoch Totten, Mr. J.H. Howe and Mr. S.L. Perrin opposing.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The ground upon which the motion to dismiss is based is, that the writ of error is not only not authorized, but is expressly denied by the second section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 552, c. 373, as corrected by the act of August 13, 1888, 25 Stat. 433, c. 866, the last paragraph of which is as follows: "Whenever any...

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